curassow

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food

Related to Curaçao.

The hunters come in from the bush with a capybara, a curassow, or a monkey; the men who preferred the river bring fish. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen
Out of the underwood springs the crested curassow; or, basking in the sun-lit glades, with outspread wings gleaming with metallic lustre, may be seen the beautiful turkey of Honduras. — The Rifle Rangers, Mayne Reid
The grenadier, Captain Curassow, was drest In his helmet, and held up his head with the best; While Fatima Pheasant, from China, display'd Her Pekin pelisse of bright silver brocade. — The Peacock 'At Home' AND The Butterfly's Ball AND The Fancy Fair, William Roscoe

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